Progress in biotechnological research over the last two decades has provided greater scope
for the improvement of crops, forest trees and other important plant species. Plant …

Artificial seeds are artificially encapsulated somatic embryos (usually) or other vegetative
parts such as shoot buds, cell aggregates, auxiliary buds, or any other micropropagules …

Production of synthetic seeds has unraveled new vistas in in vitro plant propagation
technology, because it offers many useful advantages on a commercial scale for the …

The 10 stages of the Biologische Bundesanstalt, Bundessortenamt and Chemical Industry
(BBCH) scale are used as the framework in this chapter to describe the development of …

Storability and germination of sodium alginate encapsulated somatic embryos derived from
vegetative shoot apices of mature Pinus patula trees were tested on half strength DCR basal …

This study assessed regrowth of micropropagated Rhodiola Kirilowii buds after
encapsulation of axillary buds and differentiating callus in calcium alginate hydrogel and low …

Sugarcane propagation technologies have, in recent years, been the focus of interest of
large corporations involved in the sugar and ethanol business. The objective of this study is …

The encapsulated shoot tips and nodal segments of Eclipta alba were stored at 4, 12 and
20° C under irradiance of 1.5 gmmol m− 2 s− 1 and high conversion was observed in …

The technology provides methods for preparation of seed analogues called synthetic seeds
or artificial seeds from the micropropagules like somatic embryos. The rapid improvement in …

Somatic and zygotic embryos from mature seeds of rauli-beech, Nothofagus alpina (Poepp.
& Endl.) Oerst., were encapsulated in different artificial endosperms in order to generate a …